A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.”
– Bob Dylan
He who wants to tear down a house must be prepared to rebuild it.”
– African Proverb
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”
– Charles R. Swindoll
If you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.”
– Oprah Winfrey
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.”
– Thomas Dunn
Confidence is the most important thing you can teach someone… if you can teach them confidence, you don’t have to teach them anything else.”
– Vin Diesel
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more.
If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.”
– Oprah Winfrey
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.”
– Andrew Carnegie
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?”
– Magical
It is to no purpose to turn away from the real nature of the affair because the honor of its elements excites repugnance.
– Carl von Clausewitz, On War
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’”
– Brian Tracy
The awakening to the mystery of life is a revolutionary event; in it an old world is destroyed so that a new and better one may take its place.”
– J.J. Van Der Leeuw, The Conquest of Illusion
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”
– Eckhart Tolle
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
– Robert Frost
Entrepreneurs willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.”
– Victor Kiam
If you want to be busy, keep trying to be perfect. If you want to be happy, focus on making a difference.”
– Lisa Earle McLeod
I may not be able to change what takes place, but I can always choose to change my thinking.”
– Michelle Sedas
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
– Anais Nin
Everyone is a mirror image of yourself—your own thinking coming back at you.”
– Byron Katie
The goal of Life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with nature.”
– Joseph Cambell
Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are.
Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.”
– Mary Jean Irion
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Chuck E. Cheese's
The journey is the reward.”
– Greg Norman
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Change is a math formula. Change happens when the cost of the status quo is greater than the risk of change.”
– Alan Webber, author, "Rules of Thumb"
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
– Dalai Lama
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”
– Groucho Marx
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
– William Shakespeare
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.”
– Albert Schweitzer
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
– Thomas Edison
Success is about finding a livelihood that brings joy, self-sufficiency, and a sense of contributing.”
– Anita Roddick
Education is an admirable thing to have, but it is well to remember that nothing worth knowing can be taught.”
– Oscar Wilde
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein
To find what you seek in the road of life, leave no stone unturned.”
– Edward Bulwer Lytton
As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny.”
– Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
My goal was to tell the life side of the story. We have become a nation of voyeurs that expect sensationalism, and that offends me.”
– Kathleen Jo Ryan
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ‘Make Me Feel Important.’ Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.”
– Mary Kay Ash
Remember that it’s okay to ask for help when you’re stumped, because sometimes you really can’t be expected to handle everything alone.”
– Martha Beck
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”
– General Omar Bradley
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.”
– Jesse Jackson
History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.”
– John F. Kennedy
A lot of people have ideas, but few decide to do something about them now. Not next week. But today.”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder, Atari
Do not be afraid of mistakes, providing you do not make the same one twice.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”
– Thomas Carlyle
Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth. Tame the dragon and the gift is yours.”
– Noela Evans
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., U.S. Supreme Court justice
The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.”
– William James
I always maintained that the greatest obstacle in life isn’t danger, it’s boredom. The battle against it is responsible for most of the events in the world — good or ill.”
– Dr. Evelyn Vogel, Dexter
